Frank J Wetta
Biographic Data
| ID | 1689917 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Frank J Wetta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Frank J |
| FAMILY NAME | Wetta |
| SIGNATURE | WETTA F J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kean University, New Jersey |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Writing History with Lightning
Reviewed by: Writing History with Lightning: Cinematic Representations of Nineteenth-Century America ed. by Matthew Christopher Hulbert and John C. Inscoe Frank J. Wetta (bio) Writing History with Lightning: Cinematic Representations of Nineteenth-Century America. Edited by Matthew Christopher Hulbert and John C. Inscoe. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2019. Pp. 335. Cloth, $55.00.) It may be an urban legend, but Woodrow Wilson is…
Nina Silber. This War Ain’t Over
Good Bombing, Bad Bombing
The strategic bombing offensive in World War II represents both the most morally questionable Allied action of the war and the most popular topic for wartime combat films. In a discussion of the moral dimensions of the Allied victory, Richard Overy argued in Why the Allies Won (1996) that the “most striking moral paradox of the war years was the willingness of ostensibly liberal states to engage in the deliberate killing of hundreds of thousands …
Romantic, isn’t it, Miss Dandridge?’
John Ford’s ‘Calvary Trilogy’ – Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), and Rio Grande (1950) – remains after more than half a century among Ford’s most popular films. Despite their continuing appeal, the films have had to weather severe criticism from critics who have accused the director of everything from wallowing in dishonest sentimentality to being an apologist for militarism and imperialism. A closer look at the trilogy, howev…
British War Films, 1939-1945
The cinema was the most popular form of entertainment during the Second World War. Film was a critically important medium for influencing opinion. Films, such as In Which We Serve and One of Our Aircraft is Missing, shaped the British people's perceptions of the conflict. British War Films, 1939-45 is an account of the feature films produced during the war, rather than government documentaries and official propaganda, making the book an important…
Pearl Harbor
Abraham Lincoln, Constitutionalism, and Equal Rights in the Civil War Era
Saving Private Ryan
A Guide To Films on the Korean War
Preface The War War Films, Plot, and Environment The War Films: The Slacker to Hamburger Hill Cooperation in Filmmaking The Isolation of the Korean War Film Why John Wayne Never Made a Korean War Film Action and Tension Korean War and Television Legacies, Myths, and Potential Films Notes The Films Alphabetical List Chronological List List of Best Films Actors, Actresses, and One Dog Producers Directors Screenwriters Documentary and Special Films …
Sailing on the Silver Screen
Acadian to Cajun
War Film Bibliography
(1990). War Film Bibliography. Journal of Popular Film and Television: Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 72-79
Race Relations in the Urban South, 1865-1890
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Race Relations in the Urban South, 1865-1890
War Film Bibliography
(1990). War Film Bibliography. Journal of Popular Film and Television: Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 72-79
Acadian to Cajun
Sailing on the Silver Screen
Saving Private Ryan
A Guide To Films on the Korean War
Preface The War War Films, Plot, and Environment The War Films: The Slacker to Hamburger Hill Cooperation in Filmmaking The Isolation of the Korean War Film Why John Wayne Never Made a Korean War Film Action and Tension Korean War and Television Legacies, Myths, and Potential Films Notes The Films Alphabetical List Chronological List List of Best Films Actors, Actresses, and One Dog Producers Directors Screenwriters Documentary and Special Films …
Abraham Lincoln, Constitutionalism, and Equal Rights in the Civil War Era
Pearl Harbor
British War Films, 1939-1945
The cinema was the most popular form of entertainment during the Second World War. Film was a critically important medium for influencing opinion. Films, such as In Which We Serve and One of Our Aircraft is Missing, shaped the British people's perceptions of the conflict. British War Films, 1939-45 is an account of the feature films produced during the war, rather than government documentaries and official propaganda, making the book an important…
Romantic, isn’t it, Miss Dandridge?’
John Ford’s ‘Calvary Trilogy’ – Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), and Rio Grande (1950) – remains after more than half a century among Ford’s most popular films. Despite their continuing appeal, the films have had to weather severe criticism from critics who have accused the director of everything from wallowing in dishonest sentimentality to being an apologist for militarism and imperialism. A closer look at the trilogy, howev…
Good Bombing, Bad Bombing
The strategic bombing offensive in World War II represents both the most morally questionable Allied action of the war and the most popular topic for wartime combat films. In a discussion of the moral dimensions of the Allied victory, Richard Overy argued in Why the Allies Won (1996) that the “most striking moral paradox of the war years was the willingness of ostensibly liberal states to engage in the deliberate killing of hundreds of thousands …
Writing History with Lightning
Reviewed by: Writing History with Lightning: Cinematic Representations of Nineteenth-Century America ed. by Matthew Christopher Hulbert and John C. Inscoe Frank J. Wetta (bio) Writing History with Lightning: Cinematic Representations of Nineteenth-Century America. Edited by Matthew Christopher Hulbert and John C. Inscoe. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2019. Pp. 335. Cloth, $55.00.) It may be an urban legend, but Woodrow Wilson is…
Nina Silber. This War Ain’t Over
History (8 works) · Art (7 works) · Art history (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact (4 works) · American History and Culture (3 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (3 works) · History (3 works)